一世一元
Japanese
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一 | 世 | 一 | 元 |
いち > いっ Grade: 1 | せい Grade: 3 | いち Grade: 1 | げん Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’on | goon | kan’on |
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Etymology
Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 一世一元 (MC ʔiɪt̚ ɕiᴇiH ʔiɪt̚ ŋʉɐn, literally “one generation, one era”), as this practice originated in China. Also analyzable in Japanese as a compound of 一世 (issei, “one generation”) + 一元 (ichigen, “one era”).[1][2][3][4]
First cited in Japanese to 1868.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) いっせーいちげん [ìsséé íchíꜜgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [6])[4][5]
- IPA(key): [isːe̞ː it͡ɕiɡẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
一世一元 • (issei ichigen)
- [from 1868] (monarchy) an East Asian practice of dating, using exactly one distinct era name for each monarch's reign, where such era name also eventually becomes the monarch's posthumous name
References
- “一世一元”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- “一世一元”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN